Synonyms of crater

crater 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to collapse

to be unsuccessful

a time when businesses were cratering left and right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapse
• flop
• fail
• bomb
• fold
• tank
• miss
• strike out
• struggle
• fall short
• flame out
• fall flat
• come to grief
• wash out
• come up empty
• lay an egg
• founder
• come a cropper
• crash
• decline
• flunk
• die on the vine
• slump
• slip
• fall on one's face
• skid
• crumble
• sink
• flounder
• misfire
• go under
• wane
• implode
• miscarry
• self-destruct

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• work out
• go
• go over
• succeed
• come off
• deliver
• click
• pan out
• cook
• flourish
• thrive
• prosper
• win
• triumph
• prevail

2

as in to plunge

to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunge
• dip
• fall
• tumble
• decline
• drop
• plummet
• sink
• dive
• descend
• skid
• crash
• lower
• decrease
• die (down)
• retreat
• nose-dive
• taper off
• diminish
• moderate
• subside
• ebb
• dwindle
• lessen
• recede
• droop
• wane
• let up
• abate
• de-escalate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rise
• lift
• ascend
• mount
• arise
• soar
• increase
• build
• spike
• grow
• expand
• up
• swell
• enlarge
• accumulate
• pick up
• intensify
• escalate
• wax
• balloon
• snowball
• mushroom
• burgeon

crater

2 of 2

noun

as in cave

Related Words

• cave
• cavern
• valley
• trench
• pothole
• excavation
• borehole
• sinkhole
• water hole
• basin
• ditch
• burrow
• furrow
• well
• bowl
• groove
• trough
• posthole
• gutter
• cleft
• chuckhole
• opening
• pocket
• alcove
• impression
• wallow
• socket
• nook
• chasm
• abyss
• vacuum
• recess
• pit
• imprint
• gouge
• dimple
• alveolus
• cavity
• niche
• void
• notch
• hollow
• concavity
• depression
• indentation
• gulf
• dent
• hole
• vacuity
• dint
• indenture

Dissimilar Words

• hill
• rise
• mound
• tumor
• swelling
• swell
• lump
• bump
• hump
• bunch
• projection
• bulge
• protrusion
• convexity
• pimple
• camber
• protuberance
• jut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crater

Verb

But the Giants’ walk-off home run hire here is the 53-year-old Tomlin, who is two decades younger than Belichick and whose program did not crater after Ben Roethlisberger’s departure like Belichick’s did after Tom Brady’s. — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025

Years later, as his time in office comes toward a close, McConnell is now pushing to close that loophole — but a number of Kentucky farmers and advocates say his proposal could crater a growing industry in the Bluegrass State. — Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 July 2025

Noun

Geologists think the spider-like pattern in the crater's center was created when its floor rebounded following the initial impact, NASA has said. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026

The perception of cheating would likely cause trust in politics to crater even further. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026